News

The Department of Microbiology is in the process of revising the syllabus of M.Sc. Microbiology program under Choice Based Credit System. The draft of the revised syllabus has been prepared after taking into consideration the feedback obtained from multiple stakeholders including the present students, the alumni, as well as prospective employers from the corporate sector. The Department invites your views and suggestions on the same which may be submitted only by email at microsdc@south.du.ac.in latest by 5 PM on Friday, the 4th of May 2018. The draft of syllabus may be downloaded here.

On 20-April-2018, Ms.Nivedita Gaur will present her pre-PhD submission seminar entitled -“The role of human tumor associated herpesvirus latent antigens in epithelial to mesenchymal transition of cancer cells" at 11AM in Seminar room of the Department.

Puzzle Competition- Feb 2019

The puzzle for Feb 2019 was created by Jatin Chadha and Lavanya Khullar (both MSc Student). The competition was held on 08-Feb-2019 after the Journal club and Work presentations. The student participants were required to fill the answers on the spot in 30 minutes.

Puzzle-7 (Feb 2019)

CLUES

ACROSS

2. Class of microbes that are responsible for Petrichor.

5. Gold bioleaching, Almonds & apple seeds have this in common.

6. _______ reagent is used for RNA isolation.

8. The largest alga known till date.

9. RNA is commonly stained in cells using _____ dye.

11. Who proposed the concept for media solidification using Agar.

12. Absence of _____ receptor confers HIV resistance.

13. Indian animal that is on the verge of extinction.

16. An opportunistic pathogen that resides in the body of 99.9% of adult human.